May the God of peace provide you with every good thing you need in order to do his will, and may he, through Jesus Christ, do in us what pleases him. [Hebrews 13:21 GNT]
Ever wonder what God's will is for your life? Or for your children? Over the years I have come to understand that his will is more about, as this verse indicates, what he does in us than what we do for him. In reality no one can do anything for God if he has not done something in them.
I believe that the provision this verse speaks about is spiritual in nature. God gives spiritual gifts that we might do his will. That we might become like Jesus, he distributes to us gifts like compassion and wisdom. As we exercise these gifts we are transformed into the image of his Son.
And becoming like Jesus is the heart of being in, and doing, God's will. In essence, we can be in God's will in any vocation, or any situation, if we are being transformed. This idea is so freeing because it allows us to connect with our heart passions and see them as an extension of divine will.
Thank you Holy Spirit for giving us the gifts we need to be in accord with divine will.
... this devotion is part of a series from the book of Hebrews.
Hmmm. This morning's sermon dealt with God's transforming power and how we need to allow Him to work in our lives.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing that vanilla.
DeleteI really love the cooperative nature of transformation.